Sole marking device



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United States Patent SOLE MARKING DEVICE Charles W. Snyder, Dayton, Ohio Application October 17, 1956, Serial No. 616,478

1 Claim. (Cl. 33-189) The present invention relates to a sole marking device and more particularly to a novel indicator for properly fitting fancy and figure skating roller skates to shoes.

Generally there is provided a device, the use of which insures easy, speedy and accurate aligned attachment of a roller skate to a shoe, centrally positioning the sole of the shoe with respect to the skate irrespective of the width of the particular shoe. The device consists essentially of a base plate upon which the sole of a shoe is positioned, a heel engaging member being aflixed to one end of the base plate so that the shoe may be placed upon the plate in abutting relation to such heel engaging member. A pair of side members having upwardly extending walls are then brought into engagement with either side of the shoe, so as to centralize the base plate with respect to such shoe. A series of longitudinally spaced openings are provided in the base plate whereby the bottom of the shoe may be marked for properly attaching the roller skate to such shoe. A novel feature of the invention is the provision of adjustable side members which are so attached to the base plate that they extend in spaced parallel relation to the longitudinal axis of the base plate and equidistantly therefrom at all times so that by adjusting these side members, the sole of a shoe becomes centrally positioned with respect to the base plate and such sole, irrespective of varying width, may be marked for accurate positioning and attachment to a skate.

It is accordingly an object of this invention to provide a novel device for centrally positioning and fitting the sole of shoes of varying widths to roller skates.

Another object of the invention is to provide, in a device of the character set forth, novel side members and means for maintaining the same in spaced parallel relationship to the longitudinal axis of a base plate, likewise forming a part of the invention.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character set forth which is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and yet eifective, eflicient and accurate in use.

Other and further objects of the invention will become apparent from a reading of the following specification taken in conjunction with the drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view, partly broken away of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an end elevational view of the device illustrated in Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the device illustrating the same as adjusted for marking the sole of a shoe of relatively narrow proportions; and

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 but showing the device as adjusted for marking the sole of a shoe of relatively large proportions.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, there is shown therein an embodiment of the invention in which 2,895,228 Patented July 21, 1959 CC I there is provided a centrally disposed longitudinally extending base plate 10 to which is afiixed as by rivets 11, a heel engaging member 12.

, Pivotally connected, as at 13, to the forward end portion of the base plate 10 is a crossbar 14. A light crossbar 15, identical in all respects to the crossbar 14 is pivotally connected as at 16 to the base plate in spaced relation to the heel engaging member 12.

A pair of longitudinally extending side bars 17 and 18 pivotally interconnect as by rivets 19 or the like, the outer end portions of the crossbars 14 and 15. The side bars 17 and 18 are respectively provided with integrally formed upwardly extending walls 20 and 21, the walls extending upwardly from the inner edges of the side bars. The base plate 10 is provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced, centrally disposed vertical openings 22.

In operation, it will be apparent that when it is desired to centrally mark the sole of a shoe so as to accurately mount the bottom of the shoe on a roller skate, the bottom of the shoe, regardless of its width, is placed upon the base plate 10 in abutting relation to the heel engaging member whereupon the side members are brought into contact with the sides of the shoe, as illustrated in either Figure 4 or Figure 5, care being taken that both of the walls 20 and 21 come into engagement with the respective sides of the shoe. Since the crossbars 14 and 15 are identical in size and since both crossbars 14 and 15 are centrally pivoted upon the base plate 10, it will be apparent that the side bars and consequently the vertical Walls, must remain parallel to and equidistant from the longitudinal axis of the base plate 10 regardless of the width of the shoe against which the walls abut as aforesaid. Thus, it will be likewise apparent that the openings in the base plate will extend along the longitudinal axis of the base plate and consequently of the bottom of the shoe. By utilizing a marking device such as a pencil or the like, the bottom of the shoe may be marked through the openings 22 so that such longitudinal axis may be indicated upon the bottom of the shoe and the roller skate then attached to the shoe in such manner that its longitudinal axis will coincide with that of the shoe.

While but one form of the invention has been shown and described herein, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that many minor modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A device for establishing the weight balance line on the sole of a skating shoe comprising a sole supporting plate having a plurality of longitudinally spaced centrally positioned openings therein, a heel-engaging member affixed to one end of said sole supporting plate and having a heel-receiving opening facing the body of said sole supporting plate, the longitudinal axis of said supporting plate bisecting said heel-receiving opening to divide the same into a pair of opposed symmetrical portions, a crossbar centrally pivoted to said sole supporting plate at an end portion thereof, an identical crossbar centrally pivoted to said sole supporting plate intermediately of said heelengaging member and said first mentioned crossbar, a pair of side members each having its end portions pivoted to end portions of said crossbars whereby said side members are always in spaced parallel relation to each other and to the longitudinal axis of said sole supporting plate, and a vertical wall formed integrally with one edge of each of said side members, said crossbars and said side members being movable with respect to said sole supporting plate whereby when said vertical walls are brought into engagement with the respective sides of the sole of .3 askating shoe, the weight balancerlinetonrsaid soleline 1,393,105 on said sole is located by said supporting plate openings. 2,633,644

References Cited Bill the filer of zthis patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 6 350,914 824,975 Cook July 3, 1906 62,722 1,010,451

OSullivan Dec. 5 1911 '4 Fernald Oct. 11, 1921 May Apr. 7, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTS Great Britain Nov. 9, 1931 Norway July 22, 1940 

